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Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott - Poker Legend Dave Ulliott

Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott was born over 50 years ago in the city of Hull, England, where he experienced quite a turbulent youth. At this moment, Ulliott's live tournament winnings exceed $5,300,000

Johnny Moss - Poker Legend Johnny Moss

Johnny Moss was born May 14th, 1907 in Marshall, Texas. He started playing poker at the age of 12 and in 1970 became the winner of the first ever World Series of Poker

John Phan - Poker Legend John Phan

Bon Phan was born on October 10th, 1974 in Da Nang, Vietnam. John spent the first years of his life growing up on the Vietnamese plateau, where he was surrounded mainly by poverty.

Greg Raymer - Poker Legend Greg Raymer aka Fossilman

Greg "Fossilman" Raymer was born on July 25th, 1964 in Minot, North Dakota. In 2004, Greg Raymer won the WSOP Main Event for $5,000,000

Chris Moorman - Poker Legend Chris Moorman

Chris Moorman was born 23 years ago in Brighton, UK, where he still lives today. Moorman first came into contact with poker at the University of Essex, where he, together with a couple of friends, discovered the online freerolls.

Annie Duke - Poker Legend Annie Duke

Annie Duke was born on September 13th, 1965 in Concord, New Hampshire. She was introduced to card games at an early age by her brother and well-known poker player Howard Lederer

Erick Lindgren - Poker Legend Erik Lindgren

Erick Lindgren was born on August 11th, 1976, in Burney, California. In his youth he was very focused on sports, playing football, baseball but especially basketball

Shaun Deeb - Poker Legend Shaun Deeb

Shaun Deeb was born 23 years ago in Troy, New York. At this point, he is the most successful online tournament player of the past three years, with winnings of more than $3,000,000.

Allen Cunningham - Poker Legend Allen Cunningham

Allen Cunningham was born on March 28th, 1977. To date he has won 5 WSOP bracelets and over $10 million in live tournaments

Kathy Liebert - Poker Legend Kathy Liebert

Kathy Liebert was born on October 1st, 1967, in Nashville, Tennessee. During her youth, Kathy was already involved in a lot of card games and it quickly became apparent that she had a feel for the games.

Phil Galfond - Poker Legend Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond

Phil Galfond won his first WSOP bracelets during the World Series of Poker 2008 and won over $7 million in online cash games in the past year

Mike Sexton - Poker Legend Mike Sexton

Mike Sexton was born on September 22nd, 1947, in a small town called Shelby in the State of Indiana. We know Mike Sexton as the commentator of the World Poker Tour, but there is a long preceding history

Jennifer Harman - Poker Legend Jennifer Harman

Jennifer Harman, one of the best female poker players of all times, was born in Reno, America, on November 29th, 1964.She spent her youth in Reno, the city famously known as "the biggest little city in the world".

Tom Dwan aka durrrr Poker Legend - Tom Dwan

Tom "durrrr" Dwan was born on July 30th, 1986 in Edison, New Jersey. Despite his young age he definitely deserves a place in the spotlight. What makes this young player so impressive is

Isaac Baron - Poker Legend Isaac Baron

Isaac "WestmenloAA" Baron was born around 21 years ago in Menlo Park, California. Now, you would think that a 21 year old poker player can not be called a legend yet, but nothing is further from the truth in the case of Isaac Baron.

Simon Trumper aka Aces, UK Legends of Poker: Simon 'Aces' Trumper

This week's installment of UK Poker Legends features a man who has done a great service to UK Poker from all side of the table. Simon 'Aces' Trumper is truly one of the best known faces in UK poker.

Doyle Brunson Poker Legend - Doyle Brunson

Doyle F. Brunson has been walking the earth for just about three quarters of a Century now. To date he has 10 WSOP bracelets to his name and over $5 million in tournament winnings

Willie Tann - UK Legends of Poker: Willie Tann

Unfortunately so far our UK Legend series has been short of bracelets, but that isn't the case with this next man. Willie Tann has been a regular face on the UK and European Circuit for as long as most can remember

UK Legends of Poker: Julian Gardner

This week's edition of UK Legends of poker has a distinctly World Series feel to it, as it features a man who really should have won the big one. Julian Gardner from Manchester

Gus Hansen Poker Legend

Gustav Hansen was born on February 13th, 1974, slightly outside of Copenhagen, and he grew up in and around the capital city of the Scandinavian country.

Barry Greenstein Poker Legend

Barry Greenstein was born 54 years ago in Scottsdale, Chicago. When he was 12, Barry started playing poker tournaments with friends and family members

Johnny Chan - Poker Legend

Johnny Chan was born in Guangdong, a province of Guangzhou, China, in 1957. Since then he has become one of the greatest poker players in the world, with more than enough to say about his career.

John Juanda Poker Legend

John Juanda was born in Indonesia, but of Chinese origin. According to John himself, he experienced a great youth in Indonesia. As a child he was always encouraged by his mother to do well in school to increase his chances for a better future

Roland de Wolfe - Poker Legend

In just 3 years as a poker pro, Roland de Wolfe has already accomplished more than many players will in a lifetime. And he's not done yet

Sam Farha - Legends of Poker

Sam Farha is cool. He could easily sit down at a table with the Corleone Family from the Godfather and wouldn't stand out

John Duthie - Legends of Poker

John Duthie created the hole cam and is the founder of the European Poker Tour. Duthie has played a major role in making poker what it is today

Tuan Lam - Legends of Poker

Tuan Lam became a multi millionaire out of nowhere when he came second in the 2007 WSOP Main Event where he won$4,840,981. In addition to that, he became a member of Team PokerStars, which now enables him to play all the big live tournaments for free.

Annette Obrestad

In September 2007 she won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe and received $2 million. What's so special about Annette_15? She was born on September 18th, 1988, which makes her the youngest bracelet winner in history

Tony G

A brief look into Tony G's successful career as a professional poker pro.

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